This Java course provides a conceptual understanding of Object Oriented programming. This course also teaches students how to use the Java language's object oriented technologies to solve business problems. Topics also include the language fundamentals, the Java language API (application programming interface). Students will learn how to create classes, objects and applications using the language.

The Fundamentals of Java Programming course content, hands-on lab activities and threaded case study comprehensively cover the AP objectives for Computer Science. The Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science curriculum, sponsored by the College Board (http://www.collegeboard.com/), is an accelerated program consisting of two tracks, A and AB. The goal of this program is to expose students to introductory college-level computer science programming courses. The A track is a subset of AB and the two together are equivalent to a first year computer science programming course.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official Cisco Networking Academy Certificate of Completion. This course will prepare students for both the Computer Science Advanced Placement A and AB exams as well as the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 certification exam.

The Java course will be a stepping stone to help a student ready themselves for a challenging career such as a program analyst, systems analyst, programmer, website developer, and data modeling specialist. This course will also assist students in preparing to enter a computer science or a management information systems degree program.

This course is scheduled to be retired on July 1, 2006. The curriculum and assessments will be available until that time. Please see the Sun Sponsorship Transition FAQs for further details on this curriculum retirement.